The Rhythm of Business provides consulting, research, and education to develop and grow the ability to succeed within collaborative networks, including strategic alliances, public-private partnerships, consortia, and cross-functional or cross-business unit research and account teams.

We fuse entrepreneurial thinking, practical cross-industry experience, and unique, data-driven assessments to target when and how to use collaboration for strategic advantage. Engagements include designing and implementing an alliance management or collaborative innovation capability, evaluating individual alliances and the alliance portfolio, intervening in troubled situations, and working with good collaborations to become great collaborations.

Our approach builds in an appreciation that part of the job of collaboration and alliance management is to develop the ability of others to work with a variety of alliance partners and other collaborators. We build and customize learning programs for both front-line collaborators and executives.

Collaborative networks are how work gets done. The ability to collaborate is as important as an organization's core competency. Few organizations possess that ability. Those that do, have a competitive advantage over their rivals.